<p>Hey guys, thank you for taking the time to look at this thread! Newcomer here...
Could you please chance me for Northwestern, Emory, Virginia, Notre Dame, William and Mary and Tufts? Preferred answers = Reach, Middle, Safety, etc :) Thanks again!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT (Breakdown + Combined): 780 Reading, 800 Math, 760 Writing and 2340 Combined. Best one sitting is 2320.
[</em>] SAT IIs (if any): 800 Math IIC, 760 US History, 760 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT: 34 Combined. I don't remember the breakdown.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.1 Freshman, 3.61 Sophomore, 3.914 Junior, 3.957 Senior
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.3 Freshman, 3.9 Sophomore, 4.4 Junior, 4.8 Senior
[</em>] Rank (if applicable): N/A
[<em>] Other stats: 5 in Chemistry, BC Calc and World History. 4 in US History. Taking AP US and Comp government, computer science, statistics, environmental science, biology and psychology senior year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Common App essay and EC essay are good. Supplements are good but sort of plain. I just tried to answer their questions completely while I went for creativity on the main common app essay. My organization of ideas was very good.
[<em>] ECs:
Notables: Founder/Leader of a Media Team at a community service center over 650 hours logged for four years, cashier at a big grocery store chain for a year, team america rocket competition member for two years and a leader for a year, internship at an animal hospital for a year and first alto saxophone in a great band program for three years.
Others include NHS, Key club, math team; the less significant clubs. I also went to a biomedical research academy at UPenn for the summer and received a great recommendation letter from that program, I went to Mexico to help out orphans for a week the summer before.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One should be great, the other should be good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good, I got to know my counselor very well out of all the students he has although he is pretty lazy so I'm not totally sure.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Virginia (Fairfax)
[<em>] School Type: Competitive, was in the 50s in rankings for high schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Semi-Finalist, AP Scholar with Honors, Nartek Bronze Award.
General Comments: I had an extremely weak freshman and sophomore year as I had just moved to a new area and was not very focused on my schoolwork. I realize that it will greatly impact my chances and I am worried that it will be my biggest obstacle in admissions. I have changed greatly and I expect no other than straight As (one A- maybe because my AP government teacher is crazy). I outlined my reasons for my change in the additional information section on the common app.</p>
<p>Let me know what you guys think! Let me know if I should add anything as well. Explanations and advice are welcome :)</p>
